Recently, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology announced the list of the ninth batch of individual champion companies in the manufacturing industry. Seven companies including Qingdao Hisense Video were selected, ranking first in the province in terms of increase.
The reporter learned from relevant activities that so far, the city has cultivated a total of 45 national manufacturing champion enterprises, ranking eighth among cities in the country, fifth among sub-provincial cities, second among northern cities (after Beijing), and first in the province.
Behind this is a set of all-round cultivation “combination boxing” developed by Qingdao.
On the afternoon of the same day, the reporter walked into the Sailun Tire Factory, which was located in the west area of Fuyuan Industrial Park, Huangdao District Economic Development Zone. The most eye-catching thing was a giant tire.
The reporter made a gesture on the spot and found that the height required two or three people to stand on top of each other.
This 59/80R63 tire is currently the largest tire in mass production in the world.
With a diameter of more than 4 meters and a single tire weight of 6 tons, it is mainly suitable for giant mining dump trucks with a load capacity of more than 330 tons.
It is worth mentioning that super-large engineering tires have long been dominated by foreign brands due to their extremely high technical threshold.
Facing the technical challenges in this field, Sailun Tire relied on continuous technological innovation and after ten years of research and development, it finally succeeded in breaking through the technology and market monopoly of foreign companies in the field of high-end super giant engineering radial tires, and realized domestic substitution.
Immediately afterwards, the reporter came to CSSC Engine Co., Ltd. located at No. 501 Lijiang East Road, Huangdao District.
At this time, the factory preparation work for a dual-fuel engine is being carried out in an orderly manner in the workshop.
This equipment will be sent to Dalian soon to provide power assembly for the ships of Dalian Shipbuilding Group.
It is understood that this type of engine is a dual-fuel engine that can significantly reduce carbon emissions. It is a concrete practice of CSSC Engine to actively respond to the national “dual carbon” strategy and promote green manufacturing.
“This time we were awarded the title of national-level manufacturing individual champion enterprise because the company ranks first in the country in terms of overall manufacturing efficiency.” Ding Junhai, member of the Party Committee and Deputy General Manager of CSSC Engine Co., Ltd. said.
The company has the ability to manufacture and debug multi-fuel low-carbon marine engines such as LNG and methanol, and develops ammonia-fueled marine low-speed engine capabilities. The design and manufacturing of its main products have always maintained synchronization with international advanced development.
A manufacturing individual champion refers to an enterprise that has long-term focus on specific segments of the manufacturing industry, has internationally advanced production technology or processes, and ranks among the top global or domestic market share of individual products.
The individual champion companies in the manufacturing industry represent the highest level of development and the strongest market competitiveness in industry segments, and are known as the “Crown Pearl of the Manufacturing Industry.”
These champion companies are also a strong driving force for a city’s industrial development.
At the end of the “13th Five-Year Plan”, the city only had 13 national champions in individual events; at the end of the “14th Five-Year Plan”, the number increased to 45, an increase of about 2.5 times. For four consecutive years, both the increase and the total number ranked first in the province.
Qingdao’s 45 national individual champions, from an industry perspective, are concentrated in seven major industrial fields including smart equipment (16 companies), smart home appliances (8 companies), modern light industry (5 companies), and life and health (5 companies). Among them, electrical machinery and equipment manufacturing, special equipment manufacturing, and computer, communications, and other electronic equipment manufacturing accounted for 22.2%, 17.8%, and 15.6% respectively.
From the distribution point of view, it shows a pattern of core agglomeration and multi-point support. There are 21 companies in the West Coast New District, 7 companies in Laoshan District, 6 companies in the High-tech Zone, and 5 companies in Jiaozhou City. The four districts (cities) account for about 86.7%.
From the production side, from January to October 2025, the added value of the 45 national individual champions of regulated industries increased by 10.8% year-on-year, which was 4.7 and 3.1 percentage points higher than the country and the city respectively, and their contribution to regulated industries was 19.7%.
From the perspective of efficiency, revenue from January to October 2025 will be 180.61 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 5.2%, accounting for 15.7% of the industrial scale above designated size; profits will be 20.09 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 25.6%, accounting for 32.5% of the industrial scale above designated size; revenue profit margin is 11.1%, a year-on-year increase of 1.2 percentage points.
Behind the eye-catching data comes from a set of all-round cultivation “combination boxing” developed by Qingdao.
Top-level design is an important prerequisite for rapid industrial development. Only with strong top-level design can we form a synergy for development.
Qingdao has successively issued relevant documents to clarify the goals, key tasks and supporting policies for cultivating high-quality manufacturing enterprises in the city. It has incorporated the improvement of the gradient cultivation system of high-quality enterprises and the deepening of individual champion cultivation and promotion actions into the core tasks of building “Qingdao through work and building a strong city with intelligence”, guiding all enterprise-related departments to coordinate their efforts and coordinate the cultivation of high-quality enterprises.
Financial support is the “bloodline” of enterprise development. For this reason, Qingdao optimizes financial incentives and achieves precise drip irrigation.
Relevant policies and measures have been introduced to support the selection of individual champions with “real money”, and a one-time reward of 2 million yuan will be given to the newly recognized national individual champions, with a cumulative reward of 61 million yuan.
Support individual champions to carry out technological transformation. In the past three years, a total of 91 enterprises have been supported, and 358 million yuan of funds have been allocated.
In order to cultivate individual champion enterprises in the manufacturing industry, Qingdao focuses on tapping potential and strengthening the foundation, building an echelon of excellent enterprises, adhering to the full-cycle cultivation of “nurturing seedlings – being top-notch – winning the championship”. Focusing on core indicators such as the company’s main business income and product market share, Qingdao systematically explores specialized, new (including “little giants”) enterprises and “potential stocks” and “Big Macs” among provincial individual champions for cultivation.
Up to now, the city has cultivated a total of 3,315 specialized, special and new small and medium-sized enterprises, 256 “little giant” enterprises, and 128 provincial individual champions, forming a reserve echelon with a complete structure and echelon configuration.
At the same time, strengthen chain group collaboration and strengthen industrial clusters.
Anchoring the dual-chain collaborative cultivation path of “key technologies (materials, components) – complete machines (systems)” and “core products – champion enterprises – industrial chains – industrial clusters”, it has created a number of “champion legions” such as Haier, Hisense and CRRC, as well as four national advanced manufacturing clusters including smart home appliances, rail transit equipment, shipbuilding and offshore equipment, and instrumentation.
Taking smart home appliances as an example, eight companies under the Haier Group have been awarded national individual championships, covering refrigerators, washing machines, air conditioners and other products; Hisense Video, Hisense Broadband, etc. have formed the entire industry chain integration capabilities from optical chips, optical devices, optical modules to optical network terminals.
Qingdao’s single champion enterprise in the manufacturing industry has outstanding innovation-driven characteristics and has seized the commanding heights of the market.
本市45家国家单项冠军七成以上设有省级以上研发机构，平均研发投入强度超5%，近本市规上工业企业的2倍。
These companies adhere to the strategic determination of “sharpening a sword for ten years” and deeply explore the market segments. The market share of their main products ranks among the top three in the world, among which 23 Home Furnishings ranks first in the world.
For example, more than 80% of Qingdao CIMC’s refrigerated containers, Goertek Microelectronics’ silicon microphones and other products are exported overseas; CRRC Sifang, CRRC Braking, etc. have built a technological “moat” from complete vehicle manufacturing to core components such as braking systems and hooks and slowdown devices.
As enterprises move forward, relevant departments in Qingdao are doing their best to provide guarantee services, strengthen the supply of factors, and build a high-quality ecosystem.
Guided by enterprise needs and starting from the supply of policies, funds, talents and other factors, we build a full-chain precision service system.
Through regular policy promotion and implementation of “district and city tours” and on-site application guidance meetings, “passive waiting” is changed to “active door-to-door”, helping enterprises to fully understand the policies and make full use of dividends.
Innovatively organize financial empowerment new industrialization conferences, industrial investment and financing roadshows and other activities to unblock government, financial and enterprise docking channels, effectively solve the dilemma of “financing amount cannot keep up with the development speed”, and inject financial “living water” into corporate expansion.
Deeply implement the talent aggregation action for advanced manufacturing industries, focus on the technical and technical talent needs of high-quality enterprises such as individual champions, implement the “salary-based talent assessment” evaluation mechanism and include it in the scope of high-level talent services, so as to gather talents for industrial upgrading.
In the next step, Qingdao will anchor the “10 + 1” innovative industries and the “4 + 4 + 2” key areas of modern marine industry, promote the accurate positioning of 45 individual champions into the chain, and continue to act in extending, strengthening, and replenishing the chain. The “fulcrum effect” of the single-point technological breakthrough of the individual champion will trigger a “chain reaction” that will lead to an overall jump in the entire industry chain and value chain, and “strengthen the bones” for the construction of an innovative industrial system.
By integrating the cultivation system, strengthening core competitiveness, and creating a high-quality ecosystem, we will continue to cultivate and expand the group of high-quality enterprises and build an integrated and innovative development pattern for large, medium and small enterprises.
